Supreme Court Denies Trump Administration's Bid to Halt Transgender Medical Treatments for Federal Inmates

The Supreme Court has prevented the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from denying certain gender-transition medical treatments for transgender inmates in federal prisons. This decision comes as a lawsuit challenging the BOP's policy, adopted in response to a January 2025 Executive Order, works its way through the courts. Two conservative justices, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas, indicated they would have granted the administration's emergency request.